Events of war drama The Ottoman Lieutenant take place at the beginning of the World War I in Turkey. The plot revolves around the love story of a Turkish officer and an American nurse. Their relations are developing on the background of the impending World War, which greatly complicates everything.
The main character of the drama The Ottoman Lieutenant is US nurse named Lillie. One day, she meets Dr. Jude and leaves with him from America. They go to the Ottoman Empire with the medical mission on the threshold of the World War I. There she meets a young and attractive Ottoman Lieutenant named Ismail. The feelings arise between them. But soon they will have to make a choice: love or the homeland…